[General] Makers Local 256 - Autonomous Sumo Robot Competition!

[Tim H]

Just to stir up some friendly competition:

I will win this.

(Or lose trying.)

-Tim
On Apr 8, 2014 5:27 PM, "James Fluhler" <j.fluhler at gmail.com> wrote:

> That assumes it's an unplanned explosion; if it were planned with a
> explosion behind a free plate that could act as a projectile from the robot
> with some braking on the opposing side if could be possible to knock the
> other robot out first!
>
> On a more serious note, I would definitely be interested in jointing up
> with some like minded people to build a team robot!
>
> James F.
>
> On Apr 8, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Nolan Cash <r48811 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Damn...
> On Apr 8, 2014 3:14 PM, "Jake Polatty" <ki4btj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Technically you would be out first.
>>
>> As your robot explodes, pieces of it would be flung out of the ring
>> before the concussion blast would knock the other robot out.
>>
>> Science.
>>
>> -Jake
>>  On Apr 8, 2014 3:08 PM, "Nolan Cash" <r48811 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ok I may not understand the rules but does it count if your bot explodes
>>> and blows the other bot out of the ring?
>>>
>>> If not I'm out.
>>> On Apr 8, 2014 3:04 PM, "Rob Adams" <rob at mindgearlabs.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Actually it's not hard, for the LEGO bots to turn as soon as they sense
>>>> black. It does require the kids to dampen their desire to go full throttle
>>>> though. :)
>>>>
>>>> Tyler,
>>>>
>>>> It might be easier to just come by the lab. You ca look at our ring and
>>>> the last set of bots that were built. If the rules are different then we
>>>> may want to do LEGO exhibitions before the actual matches.
>>>>
>>>> Rob
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 8, 2014, at 2:49 PM, Stephan Henning <shenning at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Fully autonomous? I foresee lots of robots driving themselves straight
>>>> out of the ring :)
>>>>
>>>> -stephan
>>>>
>>>> ------------*------------*------------
>>>> Sent from a mobile device, please excuse the spelling and brevity.
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 8, 2014, at 2:11 PM, Tyler Crumpton <tylercrumpton at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Rob,
>>>>
>>>> I think that would be great! Feel free to shoot me some info on the
>>>> LEGO bots (tyler.crumpton at gmail.com) like any size, weight, parts
>>>> restrictions that you guys might have, and we can get that added! The more
>>>> the merrier!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Tyler
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Rob Adams <rob at mindgearlabs.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Tyler,
>>>>>
>>>>> That's pretty interesting. We're doing LEGO SumoBots for kids at
>>>>> MindGear this year. Our spring break camp went pretty well. What do you
>>>>> think about having a LEGO division?
>>>>>
>>>>> Rob
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 8, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Tyler Crumpton <tyler.crumpton at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey everyone!
>>>>>
>>>>> Interested in robots? Today, I'm officially announcing the Makers
>>>>> Local 256 Sumo Robot Competition, where you build a completely autonomous
>>>>> robot and compete against other robots to push them out of the ring first!
>>>>>
>>>>> The competition will take place on Saturday, July 12 at 2:00PM, so
>>>>> mark your calendars! That gives you about 3 months to design, build and
>>>>> test your robot.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone is invited, so feel free to forward this information to anyone
>>>>> that you might think would be interested in some friendly, exciting
>>>>> competition.
>>>>>
>>>>> For sign-ups, rules and videos, check out:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://tylercrumpton.com/sumobot/
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope to see you all there, and if there is a good turnout, we'll
>>>>> continue holding these types of events (possibly including battle-bots!).
>>>>> Let me know if you have any questions or problems, and I'll help you out
>>>>> the best I can.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>> Tyler Crumpton
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tyler Crumpton
>>>>> tyler.crumpton at gmail.com
>>>>>
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